I might be too quick to respond here, but it totally makes sense and the PR
looks
good as well. Thanks Jarek (or rather Claude?)


Thanks & Regards,
Amogh Desai


On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:

> We discussed it with Rahul. Since he is busy managing the release, I
> offered to help communicate the way to work between now and the final 3.2.0
> release.
>
> Based on our Slack conversation I (or rather Claude - I literally pasted
> the conversation from Slack to Claude to generate this):
>
> Here is the PR: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/64462/
>
> We generally work as usual except for how we cherry-pick changes targetted
> for 3.2.1:
>
> -----
>
> ## Backporting during pre-release period (before 3.2.0 GA)
>
> During the pre-release period (after a beta/RC has been cut but before
> 3.2.0 GA is released), we need to
> be careful about what gets merged into `v3-2-test` to avoid introducing
> risk into the upcoming release.
>
> The following types of changes **can be merged directly** into `v3-2-test`
> during the pre-release period:
>
> * **dev/CI changes** — keeping CI green and workflows up-to-date
> * **Security fixes** — critical security patches
> * **Fixes for issues found in the beta/RC** — bugs discovered during
> beta/RC testing
>
> For **bug fixes targeting 3.2.1** (i.e., fixes that are not critical for
> the 3.2.0 release):
>
> 1. Merge the PR to `main` as usual.
> 2. Cherry-pick it to `v3-2-test` (either automatically via label or
> manually).
> 3. Set the **3.2.1 milestone** on the PR.
> 4. **Keep the backport PR as a Draft** — do not merge it until 3.2.0 GA is
> released.
> 5. After 3.2.0 GA is released, go back and merge the draft backport PRs.
>
> This approach avoids creating additional branches while ensuring that 3.2.0
> is not destabilized by changes that are not strictly necessary for the
> initial release.
>
> ----
>

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